Movie
1949
Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, was written by Harry Brown and James Edward Grant, and directed by Allan Dwan. The picture was a Republic Pictures production.
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Many years ago I used to watch a television show hosted by Irish comedian Dave Allen. One of the gags in that show parodied American WW2 movies, featuring a tough sergeant determined to mould a bunch of his soldiers into a single combat organism. The scene had been funny in its own sense, but only after many years did I manage to find the source of the inspiration. If parody could be viewed as the ultimate form of f…More
